“Seven hells!” Robert swore. “Do I have to do it myself? Piss on the both of you. Pick it up. Don't just stand there gaping, Lancel, pick it up!” The lad jumped, and the king noticed his company. “Look at these oafs, Ned. My wife insisted I take these two to squire for me, and they're worse than useless. Can't even put a man's armor on him properly. Squires, they say. I say they're swineherds dressed up in silk.”
七層地獄啊！勞勃咒罵，難道我非得親自動手不可？你兩個都是他媽的飯桶。把東西撿起來，不要光張著嘴呆在那兒。藍賽爾，快給我撿起來！那小伙子嚇得跳將起來，國王這才注意到新來的訪客。奈德，快瞧瞧這些笨蛋。我老婆堅持要我收他們當侍從，結果他們比廢物還不如。連幫人穿鎧甲都不會，這算哪門子侍從，這叫穿了衣服的豬頭。
Ned only needed a glance to understand the difficulty. “The boys are not at fault,” he told the king. “You're too fat for your armor, Robert.”
奈德只需一眼便看出問題所在。這不是他們的錯，他告訴國王，勞勃，是你太胖了，這才穿不下。
Robert Baratheon took a long swallow of beer, tossed the empty horn onto his sleeping furs, wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, and said darkly, “Fat? Fat, is it? Is that how you speak to your king?” He let go his laughter, sudden as a storm. “Ah, damn you, Ned, why are you always right?”
勞勃·拜拉席恩灌了一大口啤酒，把空角杯扔到獸皮睡鋪上，用手背抹抹嘴，然后陰陰地說：太胖？太胖，是嗎？你對國王是這樣講話的嗎？突然他像暴風來襲一樣哈哈大笑。啊，去你的，奈德，為什么你說的永遠都沒錯？
The squires smiled nervously until the king turned on them. “You. Yes, both of you. You heard the Hand. The king is too fat for his armor. Go find Ser Aron Santagar. Tell him I need the breastplate stretcher. Now! What are you waiting for?”
兩個侍從露出緊張的微笑，國王又轉向他們。你們，對，你們兩個，聽見首相說的話了嗎？國王太胖了，所以穿不下鎧甲。去把艾倫·桑塔加爵士找來，跟他說我需要撐開胸甲的鉗子。快去啊！還等什么？
The boys tripped over each other in their haste to be quit of the tent. Robert managed to keep a stern face until they were gone. Then he dropped back into a chair, shaking with laughter.
男孩們慌忙跑出帳篷，途中還互相絆了一跤。勞勃裝出一副嚴峻的表情直到他們離開，然后轟地坐回椅子，大笑不已。
背景介紹:
《權力的游戲》是一部中世紀史詩奇幻題材的電視連續劇。該劇以美國作家喬治·R·R·馬丁的奇幻巨作《冰與火之歌》七部曲為基礎改編創作，由大衛·貝尼奧夫和丹尼爾·威斯編劇、HBO電視網推出。喬治·雷蒙德·理查德·馬丁是歐美奇幻小說大師。馬丁的作品主要以人物為關注點，描寫細膩豐富，突破了幻想文學界固有的創作模式，多次引領閱讀潮流。由于馬丁的輝煌成就，他被譽為美國的托爾金和新世紀的海明威。從1989年開始，馬丁淡出文學界，轉而投身演藝界發展，1996年他才重返文壇而開始奇幻文學的創作，處女作便是《權力的游戲》，即為《冰與火之歌》的首部曲。《權力的游戲》甫出便拿下了British Fantasy Society、 世界奇幻獎和星云獎年度最佳幻想作品提名，在非官方的不記名奇幻作品投票中，《冰與火之歌》儼然已經可以和《魔戒》平起平坐，作者網站的訪問量也是和斯蒂芬·金、J.K.羅琳等不相上下，其受歡迎的程度可見一斑。喬治馬丁被時代雜志評選為2011年影響世界的一百人之一。
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